Glucuronidation in humans. Pharmacogenetic and developmental aspects

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 439-452

  De Wildt, Saskia N ^a   Kearns, Gregory L ^a   Leeder, J Steven ^a   Van Den Anker, John N ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; 2 NAPHTHOL; 4 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; AMITRIPTYLINE; BILIRUBIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; EUGENOL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MENTHOL; MORPHINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NAFTAZONE; NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG METABOLISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCURONIDATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ONTOGENY; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCURONATES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PHARMACOGENETICS;

EID: 0033020642     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003088-199936060-00005     Document Type: Review

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